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Cochleosaurus Florensis
''Cochleosaurus'' (“spoon lizard”, from the Latin ''cochlear'' "spoon" and Greek ''sauros'' “lizard”) were medium-sized edopoid temnospondyls that lived in Euramerica during the Moscovian age. Two species, ''C. bohemicus'' and ''C. florensis'', have been identified from the fossil record. Both species lived in equatorial saltwater marshes with highly variable water depth. The majority of ''Cochleosaurus'' remains have been discovered in fossil assemblages in the Late Carboniferous Sydney Coalfield in Nova Scotia and the Kladno Formation in the Czech Republic. History The first ''Cochleosaurus'' specimen to be discovered was excavated by Antonín Jan Frič in the Westphalian D fossil deposits in Nýřany, Czech Republic, in1879. Due to the incomplete skeleton, he believed it to be a new species of '' Melosaurus'', which he named ''Melosaurus bohemicus''. After more detailed analysis in 1885, Frič realized the specimens belonged to a new genus, and renamed the species ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscovian (Carboniferous)
The Moscovian is in the International Commission on Stratigraphy, ICS geologic timescale a stage (stratigraphy), stage or age (geology), age in the Pennsylvanian (geology), Pennsylvanian, the youngest system (stratigraphy), subsystem of the Carboniferous. The Moscovian age lasted from to Megaannum, Ma, is preceded by the Bashkirian and is followed by the Kasimovian. The Moscovian overlaps with the European regional Westphalian (stage), Westphalian stage and the North American Atokan and Desmoinesian stages. Name and definition The Moscovian Stage was introduced by Sergei Nikitin (geologist), Sergei Nikitin (1850 - 1909) in 1890, using brachiopods in the Moscow Basin of European Russia. Nikitin named the stage after Moscow, then a major city and now the capital of Russia. The base of the Moscovian is close to the first appearances of the conodonts ''Declinognathodus donetzianus'' and ''Idiognathoides postsulcatus'' or otherwise the fusulinid ''Aljutovella aljutovica''. Because t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanerpeton Woodi
''Balanerpeton'' is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Visean stage of the Early Carboniferous period. It is estimated to reach up to in length. ''Balanerpeton woodi'' was discovered by Stanley Wood and is the earliest and most common tetrapod in the East Kirkton Limestone of the East Kirkton Quarry assemblage of terrestrial amphibians in Scotland. Characteristics of ''Balanerpeton woodi'' include the presence of large external nares, large interpterygoid vacuities (holes in the back of the palate), and an ear with a tympanic membrane and rod-like stapes. Numerous studies and research regarding ontogeny in non extant taxa have been oriented around this taxon. The morphology of the stapes suggests that the animal was capable of hearing high-frequency sound. ''B. woodi'' does not possess lateral line sulci or an ossified Ossification (also called osteogenesis or bone mineralization) in bone remodeling is the process of laying down new bone material by cells ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eryops Megacephalus
''Eryops'' (; from Greek , , 'drawn-out' + , , 'face', because most of its skull was in front of its eyes) is a genus of extinct, amphibious temnospondyls. It contains the single species , the fossils of which are found mainly in early Permian (about 295 million years ago) rocks of the Texas Red Beds, located in Archer County, Texas. Fossils have also been found in late Carboniferous period rocks from New Mexico. Several complete skeletons of ''Eryops'' have been found in lower Permian rocks, but skull bones and teeth are its most common fossils. Description ''Eryops'' averaged a little over long and could grow up to , making them among the largest land animals of their time. Adults weighed between . The skull was proportionately large, being broad and flat and reaching lengths of . It had an enormous mouth with many curved teeth, like those of frogs. Its teeth had enamel with a folded pattern, leading to its early classification as a "labyrinthodont" ("maze toothed"). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chenoprosopus Lewisi
''Chenoprosopus'' is a genus of extinct cochleosauridae that lived during late Carboniferous and early Permian periods.Reisz, R.R. (2005). "A New Skull of the Cochleosaurid Amphibian Chenoprosopus (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from the Early Permian of New Mexico". ''New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin No. 30'' Two known species of ''Chenoprosopus'' are ''C. milleri'' and ''C. lewisi. Chenoprosopus lewisi'' was described in the basis of a virtually complete skull with maximum skull length of 95 mm. It is significantly smaller than ''Chenoprosopus milleri'' and was differentiated from that taxon by Hook (1993) based on sutural patterns of the skull roof. Hook also mentioned the reduced size of the vomerine tusks differentiated ''C. lewisi'' from ''C. milleri,'' but the different size of these tusks may be different ontogenetic stages of growth. Many of other cochleosaurids from the same time period have an elongated vomer and wide and elongate choana. However ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigerpeton Ricqlesi
''Nigerpeton'' (''Niger'', for the country, and ''herpeton'' (Greek), meaning crawler)Sidor, C.A., O’Keefe, F.R., Damiani, R., Steyer, J.S., Smith, R.M.H., Larsson, H.C.E., Sereno, P.C., Ide, O., Maga, A., 2005. Permian tetrapods from the Sahara show climate-controlled endemism in Pangaea. ''Nature'' 434, 886–889. is an extinct genus of crocodile-like temnospondyls from the late Permian (Changhsingian) period.Steyer, J.S., Damiani, R., Sidor, C.A., O’Keefe, F.R., Larsson, H.C.E., Maga, A., Ide, O., 2006. The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger. IV. Nigerpeton ricqlesi (Temnospondyli: Cochleosauridae), and the edopoid colonization of Gondwana. J. Vert. Paleontol. 26, 18–28. These temnospondyls lived in modern-day Niger, which was once part of central Pangaea, about 250 million years ago. ''Nigerpeton'' is a member of the Cochleosauridae family, a group of edopoid temnospondyl amphibians known from the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) and early Permian (Cisurali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochleosaurus Florensis
''Cochleosaurus'' (“spoon lizard”, from the Latin ''cochlear'' "spoon" and Greek ''sauros'' “lizard”) were medium-sized edopoid temnospondyls that lived in Euramerica during the Moscovian age. Two species, ''C. bohemicus'' and ''C. florensis'', have been identified from the fossil record. Both species lived in equatorial saltwater marshes with highly variable water depth. The majority of ''Cochleosaurus'' remains have been discovered in fossil assemblages in the Late Carboniferous Sydney Coalfield in Nova Scotia and the Kladno Formation in the Czech Republic. History The first ''Cochleosaurus'' specimen to be discovered was excavated by Antonín Jan Frič in the Westphalian D fossil deposits in Nýřany, Czech Republic, in1879. Due to the incomplete skeleton, he believed it to be a new species of '' Melosaurus'', which he named ''Melosaurus bohemicus''. After more detailed analysis in 1885, Frič realized the specimens belonged to a new genus, and renamed the species ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochleosaurinae
Cochleosauridae is a family of edopoid temnospondyl amphibians, among the most basal of temnospondyls. Most members of this family are known from the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) and early Permian (Cisuralian) of Europe and North America, though ''Nigerpeton'' is known from the Late Permian (Lopingian) of Niger in North Africa. Gallery Cochleosaurus.jpg, '' Cochleosaurus'', of the late Carboniferous of central Europe and Nova Scotia Chenoprosopus 2DB.jpg, ''Chenoprosopus milleri'', of the late Carboniferous and early Permian of New Mexico Nigerpeton.jpg, ''Nigerpeton ricqlesi'', of the late Permian of Niger Saharastega BW.jpg, '' Saharastega moradiensis'', a possible cochleosaurid of the late Permian of Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ... External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adamanterpeton Ohioensis
''Adamanterpeton (''from Greek: Αδάμαντας ''adamantas,'' meaning 'diamond' and Greek: ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning 'creeping thing') is a genus of Edopoid Temnospondyl within the family Cochleosauridae. The type species ''A. ohioensis'' was named in 1998 and is currently the only known species within this genus. ''Adamanterpeton'' is rare in the Linton vertebrate assemblage, with other amphibians like ''Sauropleura'', ''Ophiderpeton'', and '' Colosteus'' being more common. Unlike other Linton vertebrates, ''Adamanterpeton'' may have been adapted to a terrestrial lifestyle. History and Discovery The species is only known from two specimens in the fossil record. The cochleosaurid specimens were discovered in the fossil-rich Allegheny Formation of Linton, Ohio by John Strong Newberry, but were only formally described and figured by Edward Drinker Cope in 1875. Using Cope's (1875) work, Moodie (1916) attributed the specimens to '' Macrerpeton'' ''huxleyi,'' howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Procochleosaurus Jarrowensis
''Procochleosaurus'' is an extinct genus of cochleosaurid temnospondyl. Known from the Jarrow coal mines of Ireland, this genus is the oldest known member of the family Cochleosauridae. It was quite similar to ''Cochleosaurus'', an early temnospondyl from the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south .... References Edopoidea Pennsylvanian temnospondyls of Europe Fossil taxa described in 1996 {{Temnospondyli-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochleosauridae
Cochleosauridae is a family of edopoid temnospondyl amphibians, among the most basal of temnospondyls. Most members of this family are known from the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) and early Permian (Cisuralian) of Europe and North America, though ''Nigerpeton'' is known from the Late Permian (Lopingian) of Niger in North Africa. Gallery Cochleosaurus.jpg, '' Cochleosaurus'', of the late Carboniferous of central Europe and Nova Scotia Chenoprosopus 2DB.jpg, '' Chenoprosopus milleri'', of the late Carboniferous and early Permian of New Mexico Nigerpeton.jpg, '' Nigerpeton ricqlesi'', of the late Permian of Niger Saharastega BW.jpg, '' Saharastega moradiensis'', a possible cochleosaurid of the late Permian of Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ... External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
